A rod that I have not seen before.Edgar Sealey Redditch The Octopus Comet Float Rod 12ft 3pce Spanish reed butt and middle spliced into whole cane with a glass tip.Original price then £6 11s 9p the same price as the Rover the most expensive rods in that range.Going in the Q to be restored at a later date

That advert is apparently from 1953, which just goes to show that Edgar Sealey were right up there with Allcocks in producing glass fibre rod parts so early, but I really didn't think anodised reel bands came about for another 10 years.......could the Comet have been made for so long and we not know about it?

The rod has now been restored leaving it with the original glass fibre tip.The butt has dryed out with a stress crack giving no movement.A very scarce rod it was worth restoring back to original condition.But not a great lover of green went for burgandy.